Islamabad: Global strength and harsh groups of aid demanding an inclusive Afghan under the Taliban now face criticism for sending a delegation of all men to Kabul to meet with the hardline Islamists.
Since seizing power in August, the Taliban has excluded women from the government in their new and placing work restrictions and education, drawing criticism from the outside world.
But women representatives were slightly better among several governments and aid groups in their meeting in the capital with the new Afghan ruler, who was seeking international recognition.
“Senior women in your team have to lead your interaction with the Taliban …
Don’t exclude women,” said Shaharzad Akbar, the chief who was exiled from the Afghan independent human rights commission.
In the tweet overcome the “government and aid institutions”, he asked them to “not normalize the removal of Taliban women”.
Heather Barr from Human Rights Watch created a list, under the hashtag “Sausageparty”, from the pictures posted by the Taliban from their meeting with delegates in Kabul.
“Foreign countries and especially assistance organizations must be led with examples,” Barr told AFP.
“No one allows the Taliban to think that these kinds of people they created …
is normal.” Taliban have posted dozens of photos on the social media meeting closed with a foreign representative group, showing not single women.
Among the many highlighted meetings was the beginning of this month between the British envoys Simon Gass and Deputy Prime Minister Taliban Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Salam Hanafi, sat on the couch in a luxury room.
An official told AFP it was a coincidence that special envoys and head missions were both men.
Pakistan, who has suggested the Taliban on how to win international support, also posted pictures and videos from groups of all men who accompanied the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of Intelligence Kabul.
Fawzia Kooofi, one of the negotiators in a failed peace talk between the Afghan government and the Taliban last year in Doha, voiced her anger.
“As a world leader, when they talk about women’s rights, they also need to act.
They need to show that they believe in this, that it is not only a political statement,” he told AFP.
Even more than that, said Barr, is a lot of photos of meetings between the Organization of Taliban and Humanity which seem to follow the same pattern.
When contacted by AFP, the organization in the list highlights their dedication to women’s rights and said they tried to include women in a meeting with the Taliban.
But some admitted to hold at least one meeting with hardline Islamists who did not include women.
The Red Cross International Committee, the United Nations Subjects, and the unlimited doctor explained that on the chance of being photographed, they only sent a small delegation of top leaders, which happened to be men.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Moon Moon said the last minute scheduling changes meant a member of a female staff because he participated in unable to attend, change one meeting of all men.
The lack of women in such a high-level position shows that while Afghanistan may be an extreme example, it is not the only place where women are rejected by the equivalent chair on the table.
“Increasing concerns about women’s rights in a room full of all men look very strange,” he added.
The United Nations has announced the mission of all his first women to Afghanistan, to discuss the education of girls with the Taliban.
Although never included women in their team, group leaders have met with a number of women, including during the DOHA negotiations with the Afghan government at that time.
Koofi, who had survived two attempts of murder, was first hesitant to join talks with militants, who imprisoned her husband and threatened the stone to wear nail polish during the 1990s.
But sitting face with them has made him feel “strong”.
“For me, it is important for me to make myself look and my message is clear to them,” he told AFP in 2019.
Now those who have the power to ensure women have chairs at the table often fail to do so, he said.
“Everyone plays politics.”
Anger over the only foreign delegation to meet the Taliban
